PRODUCTION OF WATER HYACINTH FERTILIZER USING

MICROWAVE-ASSISTED EXTRACTION AND MICROBIAL

FERMENTATION

HENDRI RANTAU

A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT

OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF
MASTER OF ENGINEERING
(INTEGRATED CHEMICAL ENGINEERING)
FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES
MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY
2019

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 Thesis
entitled
PRODUCTION OF WATER HYACINTH FERTILIZER USING
MICROWAVE-ASSISTED EXTRACTION AND MICROBIAL
FERMENTATION

……………….…..…….…..………
Mr. Hendri Rantau
Candidate

……………….…..…….…..………
Asst. Prof. Nuttawan Yoswathana,
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
Major advisor

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Asst.Prof. Tienchai Tonthai,
Ph.D.(Ceramic and Materials Engineering)
Co-advisor

……………………….….…..……
Prof. Patcharee Lertrit,
M.D., Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
Dean
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Mahidol University
………………….….….…..…………
Asst.Prof. Pornchai Bumroongsri,
D.Eng. (Chemical Engineering)
Program Director
Master of Engineering Program in
Integrated Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Mahidol University
 Thesis
entitled
PRODUCTION OF WATER HYACINTH FERTILIZER USING
MICROWAVE-ASSISTED EXTRACTION AND MICROBIAL
FERMENTATION

was submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Mahidol University

for the degree of Master of Engineering (Integrated Chemical Engineering)
on
July 12, 2019

……………….………….…..………
Mr. Hendri Rantau
Candidate

………………….…..………………
Asst. Prof. Maradee Phongpipatpong,
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
Chair

………………….….….…..………..
Asst. Prof. Nuttawan Yoswathana,
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
Member

………………….….….…..………..
Asst.Prof. Pornchai Bumroongsri,
D.Eng. (Chemical Engineering)
Member

………………….…..……………...… ………………….…..……………..…
Prof. Patcharee Lertrit, Jackrit Suthakorn,
M.D., Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Ph.D. (Medical Robotics)
Dean Dean
Faculty of Graduate Studies Faculty of Engineering
Mahidol University Mahidol University
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Jesus Christ my GOD for

the blessings and guidance during my time in Mahidol University. Also I would like to
give thanks to my lovely wife Natalia Tri Astuti and my son Giannes Bonifasius
Silalahi for your support and love. Also give thanks to my parents and my sister for
your support and love. And many thanks to Bang TJ and family for your support to my
family and me during this period.
I would like to express my sincere appreciation and heartfelt gratitude to
my major advisor Asst. Prof. Dr. Nuttawan Yoswathana for her kind supervision,
valuable guidance and continuous inspiration to extend my knowledge to implicate in
the real practices.
I would like to Asst.Prof.Dr. Tienchai Tonthai, my co-advisor for her
support in this research. Moreover, I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Vinod K. Jindal and
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Naghi Eshtiaghi for their valuable advices and great support,
correcting my trials and errors in this research experiments. Furthermore, my sincere
thanks to Asst. Prof. Dr. Maradee Phongpipatpong for her valuable comments and
suggestion to my research.
I would like to thank Plantation Polytechnic of LPP, Yogyakarta for the
supports during my study in Mahidol University, Thailand.
I would like to thank the staffs in the Department of Chemical
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand for the help and
support in completing the master degree and supporting the chemicals and equipment.
Finally, I am grateful to my parents and friends who specially offered strong moral
and physical support, care and kindness, during the year of my mini-thesis study.

Hendri Rantau